Copyright protection, a constitutionally established right,[2] is now endangered due in part to changes in technology. Established before the United States itself,[3] American copyright protection has continued even as the media it protects have grown and changed. Copyright law has survived both the American Revolution and the Industrial Revolution. However, facing the Internet Revolution, copyright law, as it existed for hundreds of years, may become extinct unless it evolves with new technology.
The online world, with the ability to create instant anonymous copies of words, pictures, sounds, and...